beers you like but cant justify the $

Agreed, one of my favorite IPA's but 11 bucks for a bottle is crazy. Not to mention the beer is never all that fresh around here. Really the only time I get it is if I see it on draft on the rare occasion.

Its a 10.5% RIS! Thats a deal, and if i remember correctly you stated a thread the other day asking what would be in your dream six pack, then you said you were partial to stouts?! This beer should be in your wheel house dude.

Mikkeller and BrewDog. I've had stuff from both when they were really on and were absolutely great but for the most part they're not, maybe due to the lag in distribution and/or the distance they have to travel? Any of the IPA's from either I tend to ignore any more except their barrel aged stuff which I take more interest in (but depends on the price).

Driftwood Singularity, Red Poppy,Flanders Fred, MOAS,..to name a few I have passed on multiple times, but have purchased Bourbon Angels Share,Fremont B bomb, O De Tart,BA Raspy. All of these are still available by me except Mother, so theres a chance I may BREAK Down on payday for the FlanFred, so tempting...drool.

I cant say I would do it every week, but Hopslam is great, and I actually dont mind paying 18.99 a 6pack for it on the rare ccasion that it comes to wilmington, nc

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Im in Charlotte and this was my first time having hopslam. Got a 6pk and a half (most i could get). Had 2 and I was ok with that. Gave 1 away and have a 6 im looking to trade out. I liked Lag Sucks, Heady, Abrasive and Ghandi better. Not taking away from Hopslam since its a single and 10%. Its good but I dont think its $20 good. I can get any of the other ones at half the price. Next time it launches I wont go out of my way to get it. Just my opinion though.

Hey c'mon...everything they make it good! (but yeah, even more over-priced on-tap)

My contribution would be the 375ml bottles from The Lost Abbey/Port. Red Poppy and Deliverance were incredible, but $18-$19 each? Still two of my beer purchase regrets to this day based on price alone.

Edit: also Brooklyn Black OPS as someone on the first page mentioned...I was really excited to try it until that price tag smacked me in the face and insulted my income bracket.

Hey c'mon...everything they make it good! (but yeah, even more over-priced on-tap)

My contribution would be the 375ml bottles from The Lost Abbey/Port. Red Poppy and Deliverance were incredible, but $18-$19 each? Still two of my beer purchase regrets to this day based on price alone.

Edit: also Brooklyn Black OPS as someone on the first page mentioned...I was really excited to try it until that price tag smacked me in the face and insulted my income bracket.

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Oh, trust, everything I've had from Maine Brewing has been delicious, and I still look forward to Dinner, whenever that's supposed to hit my area. Even with them giving part of their profits to charity I struggle with buying or not buying bottles whenever I see them on the shelves. Sometimes, I still can't justify the cost.

Agree with Lost Abbey away from the brewery. At the brewery it is 15.00 a bottle. Not exactly a deal, but it helps. The other way is to only have these beers on tap. 4oz sample at the brewery is 3.00. The one I don't get is the Bruery. In the scheme of things all are 750ml. Their sours are 16.00 and the BA stuff is 20 to 24.00.

Stone on the other hand for their 500ml specials are 16 to 18. AleSmith is 25.00 to 32.00 depending if it is a one and done or not. FW anniversary blends are 20 to 25 for a 22oz. It is just common place to drop 20 + on a special release in this area. The worst is all the honey holes that used to have Pliny for 4.99 a bottle are long gone. Their all at 6.99 now.

Agree about the Golden Blend. Crazy expensive but I paid it once in order to try it. I rationalized it by calculating what the shipping cost would be from one of the Belgian websites. You had to order more than six to get them cheaper per bottle than what I paid. Also, the eclipse beers are way too expensive. Besides the Elijah Craigs, I will probably only buy treatments that I haven't tried before and even then ill be hesitant.

Amazed how many folks think ten fidy 4 packs are over priced but if they were bombers for $10 people would buy them like crazy.

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uh..... 4 packs at $14-16 are pretty close to $8 bomber. You should be getting a price break for the rough equivalent of 2 bombers (4X12oz). Ten Fidy is overpriced when Old Rasputin is $8-10 a fourpack.